Venezuelan Revolution Advances After Castro Retreat
Venezuela faced a critical situation as President Castro retreated from Ocumare ahead of revolutionaries led by Mendoza Riera and Batalia. Desertions rose while striking reports from Willemstad indicate the revolutionary army gains near Valencia and Caracas, with Castro planning a move to join Garrido against Mendoza’s forces.
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Curacoa
Castro
Venezuela
Ocumare
Associated Press
Tinaquillo
Mendoza
Batalla
Riera
Garrido
Torres Cardenas
Valencia
Caracas
Revolutionary Army
Mendoza, Riera
Batalia
Metos
Charayava
Guayba
Gompers Sees End of Strike by Agreement
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor in Wilkesbarre Pa says the miners strike will likely end through agreement. He notes aid to miners from wage earners and the public and urges continued support as miners’ bread, wives, and children are cared for while railroads keep a firm stance.
National Negro Baptist convention opens in Birmingham
Fifteen hundred delegates from across the United States attend the Negro Baptist conference in Birmingham where Rev. BE. C. Morris of Helena, Arkansas, delivers the opening address. He urges the church to represent a striving race and called for Christ’s spirit to guide every messenger and for each member to fulfill duties for God and their race.
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Birmingham
Ala
United States
Negro Baptist Conference
BE. C. Morris
Helena
Ark
National Negro Baptist Convention
Morris
Christ
God
Kansas City Platform Fails at Democratic Convention
In Boston on September 17, the Kansas City platform adherents led by George Fred Wilmans lost 14 to 7 in the resolutions committee. Wilmans spoke of appealing to the people over the gubernatorial nomination and claimed he had been deceived by Colonel Gaston’s supporters.
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Boston
Kansas City Platform
George Fred Wilmans
W Ulliams
Colonel Gaston
Territorial charter granted to Kansas Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway
Guthrie Oklahoma September 17 A territorial charter was granted to the Kansas Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company with capital of 11500000 Incorporators are Oklahoma capitalists The line will run from Cedarville Kansas southeast through Stillwater Guthrie and El Reno Oklahoma to Kirkland Texas with two branches one to Fort Smith Arkansas and one to Woodward Oklahoma totaling 640 miles Principal place of business will be Stillwater.
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Guthrie
Okla
Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company
Oklahoma Capitalists
Cedarville
Kas
Stillwater
el Reno
Kirkland
Tex
Fort Smith
Ark
Woodward
Rock Island line to extend from Asher to Dallas
Ardmore Okla Sept 17 officials of the Rock Island road confirm a new branch from Asher Oklahoma to Dallas Texas. The corporation will be formed in Oklahoma with President Leeds of the Rock Island to head the branch. Regular passenger service will begin on the Ardmore Hartshorn branch October 1.
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Ardmore
Rock Island Road
Asher
Okla
Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Leeds
Rock Island
Hartshorn
Two More Arrested In Deputy Velvin Killing
Greenville Texas September 17 Two more men Sam A Beckham and Abe Goodman were arrested and bonded for ten thousand dollars each on charges of being accessories to the killing of Deputy Sheriff Will Velvin. They were the only eye witnesses to the shooting. Beckham is brother to Jim L Beckham who is jailed for the same killing.
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Greenville
Tex
Sam A. Beckham
Abe Goodman
Will Velvin
Beckham
Goodman
Sam Beckham
Jim L. Beckham
Counterfeiters Gang Targeted in Oklahoma City
Chief Cochran says he is close to unearthing a gang that has operated in the area for some time. Two unidentified men were arrested here with counterfeit molds. There has been a surge in counterfeit money passed recently, and police aim to coax the rest of the gang to reveal their confederates.
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Oklahoma City
Cochran
Roosevelt Not Indersea Indorsed At State Convention
In Birmingham Alabama on September 17 a substitute platform opposed Roosevelt for the 1904 presidential nomination. The substitute was defeated 158 to 146 in the Republican state convention.
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Roosevelt
Birmingham
Ala
Committee On Resolutions
Chamberlain Nominated by Republican State Convention
Hartford Sept 17 Chamberlain was nominated for governor by the Republican state convention on the first ballot.
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Chamberlain
Hartford
Conn
Crazy Hen Spreads Panic in Paris Yard
Paris Texas, Sept 17. J B Nance of West Paris reports his hen has gone crazy, running aimlessly in the yard all day for three weeks and showing alarming, frantic behavior. The bird’s condition has residents buzzing.
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Paris
Tex
J. B. Nance
Pecan Crop Report From Denison Area Hefty
Farmers in Denison Texas report a very heavy pecan crop across this section and into the Indian Territory with bumper yields noted as harvest approaches.
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Denison
Tex
Texas
Indian Territory
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